I am planning to put 2 white water kayaks stacked in long mode with wife sitting at the back. It would work perfectly if the damn back seat 1/3 split is on the driver side. With the current 1/3 split at the passenger side, it is too narrow to fit the two boats stacked on top of each other.

I hate roof rack and I thought my Fit is perfect (NOT).

 

I always thought that this missed the mark too! Then i realized that they didnt think they needed to redesign the interior behind the drivers and passengers front seats therefor keeping the cost (to honda) down. Well i think its a fail also cause i have needed to carry stuff just a few inches wider and couldn't - bummer!

 

put the wife on the roof. lol jk. that sucks. ive never had any problems stuffing stuff into the Fit. but if i were to do sports like kayak/bike/ski/snowboard id use a roof rack

 

let me start by asking... who puts KAYAKS inside their car?!?!!?

in your case...bummer they didn't put the 60/40 split the other way.

 

The split is correct. You just bought a Fit with the steering wheel on the wrong side.

 

I wish my Pyranha Burn could fit I my fit. I have a Thule rack that fits fine. The split on my Volvo wagon is the same way Too.

 

can you put the kayaks on their side somehow to make them fit?

 

True that.

I'm with the OP though wishing the car was more fully converted for LHD. The rear wiper also wipes the wrong side!

Maybe having 2+ versions of the back seat (in additional to the 2+ versions of the dash, front seats, front end, guage cluster, etc. etc.) would have been the straw that broke the camel's back?

 

Just buy a roof rack like most outdoorsmen.

 

i run into the same problem when trying to fit my longboard in my car. it wold be the biggest help if the back wind lifted up or if it slid down because then i could fit my 9'6" in there but nooo im stuck with only the 9'0" longboard.

 

this is not a cost cutting issue, it is by design. For start it is a narrow car. People will stick anything that would fit from the back and make them fit as possible. Let's take in for example when you're shopping furnitures from IKEA which comes un-assembled. If the seat split would favor the passenger side, you will run the risk of shoving long cargos unto the shifter. Who could be stupid to even do that you ask??? Answer is, anyone can have epic fail moments. Happens a lot than you ever think. Honda have thought of this and made sure to orient the split seat to prevent that, not idiot proof but the design purpose is there.

 

Well do the wiper stop position in upright - it is more wrong .

I am happy with seats and dash. What is wrong with them? At least the gauge cluster is in front of us and not in middle. Having to do two versions would increase costs somehow.

 

Nothing wrong with them at all.

And I wasn't saying that there was, I was just noting other things that Honda has done to create the LHD version, that's all. I just thought that maybe while they were at it they could have finished it off (oh and kept the red gagues, at least for those of us using km/h).

 

Why not just get a detachable roof rack? You can remove it when you're not transporting the kayaks...

 

I used to have a Thule rack on my G20. It was a pain to get it on and off. Lot of wind noise even with wind deflector. It is ugly. If you leave it on for too long, it will leave a mark on the paint.

Conclusion: Go kayaking by myself.

 

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The world disagrees...

Besides, the majority of human beings are right-handed. Better to give most of the controls to the dominant hand, not to mention giving the widest view of the road to the dominant eye.

(Only driven RHD a few times while I was over in England. Going clockwise through a roundabout just feels so wrong! I think it's how the cat feels when I pet her backwards )

 

Yes I may be wrong except if you are hauling Kayaks or whatever in NA then you need one with right hand drive.